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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bitter Grounds, and Other People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes for the narrator right at the end of the story?
(a) The woman with the red ribbon in her hair.
(b) Death.
(c) A Haitian coffee girl.
(d) A zombie master.

2. Who offers to tell the next story?
(a) September.
(b) April.
(c) June.
(d) August.

3. To whom are the detective and the narrator taken to see after they have looked at the crime scene?
(a) The resistance.
(b) The German ambassador.
(c) The police.
(d) Queen Victoria.

4. What else do they want from her?
(a) Her hand in marriage.
(b) A cup of tea.
(c) Some bread rolls.
(d) A key to the treasure.

5. When they find a beautiful garden with a stream that looks like a fairy grotto, what does one of the boys do?
(a) He lies down and falls asleep.
(b) He throws rocks in it.
(c) He urinates in it.
(d) He vandalizes it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the third ghost story, what are the three older boys looking at when the narrator sees them on his way home from school?

2. When the writer does try writing fantasy, what is Amelia doing now?

3. In October's story, who first nicknames the boy Runt, and why?

4. In The Faery Reel, what does the narrator say the 'brown boys' will do with his heart?

5. In 'October in the Chair,' who tells the first story?

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